LSMW without an input spreadsheet?

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have to do a mass transfer of stocks between two storage locations. I decided to use LSMW with the BAPI for BUS2017 (method CREATEFROMDATA, “Post goods movement”). The input data is contained in SAP tables and I have an ABAP program to extract it.

My question is - do I need to extract the data first in to a spreadsheet or can I skip that step and have LSMW run the ABAP program directly?

[christian_wohlfahrt]

Hi Slath,

you can even skip the whole part of LSMW.

You had already a look into it and have seen how to fill the BAPI structure.

Now add the BAPI into your extract report - ready.

Regards,

Christian

[Former Member]

Yes that’s true – in the same way, if you migrating data by batch input, you don’t have to use the standard tools but instead simply code CALL TRANSACTION directly in an ABAP program. But I thought LSMW enables use to easily reprocess individual records without having to change a program and retransport, etc.

[christian_wohlfahrt]

Hi Slath,

it is possible to make some programming at events in LSMW - but this would be a lot of work (and I don't know, if the whole program starts without any input file).

I would advise to use at leas one file - it is not necessarily a tabulator separated text file ('spreadsheet'). You can also enter one step later into LSMW and build a file in internal logic. This would correspond to the third(?) file in file location definitions.

Nevertheless, some manual steps are needed. One more or less might not be so important - and you can create an input file on application server with OPEN DATASET / TRANSFER quite easily.

For a permanent interface, BAPI in report still looks better.

Regards,

Christian